Maryland Route 262
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| Lower Marlboro Road | ||||
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Maryland Route 262 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by MDSHA | ||||
| Length: | 4.26 mi[1] (6.86 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1927 – present | |||
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| West end: | Chaneyville Road in Lower Marlboro | |||
| East end: |
 MD 4 in Sunderland | |||
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| Counties: | Calvert | |||
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Maryland Route 262 (MD 262) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Lower Marlboro Road, the route runs 4.26 miles (6.86 km) from Chaneyville Road in Lower Marlboro east to MD 4 in Sunderland. MD 262 was constructed in the late 1920s.
Route description
MD 262 begins at an intersection with Chaneyville Road in Lower Marlboro. Lower Marlboro Road continues west a short distance to a pier on the Patuxent River. After passing the Grahame House, the state highway heads east as a two-lane road that passes through a forested area with scattered residences. MD 262 crosses Chew Creek just before passing Mill Branch Road. The state highway passes Huntingtown Road before reaching its eastern terminus at a directional crossover intersection with MD 4 (Southern Maryland Boulevard) in Sunderland. Traffic from MD 262 cannot continue across the intersection to continue following Lower Marlboro Road to MD 2 (Solomons Island Road); instead, traffic must follow MD 4 south to its intersection with MD 2.[1][2]
History
MD 262 was constructed as a gravel road from MD 2 in Sunderland starting in 1924.[3] The state highway was built to just west of Chew Creek in 1927.[3][4] MD 262 was completed to Lower Marlboro in 1928.[5] Aside from maintenance and paving, the state highway changed very little until 2003, when a directional crossover intersection was constructed at MD 4. The section of Lower Marlboro Road between MD 4 and MD 2 was redesignated MD 262A.[6]
Junction list
The entire route is in Calvert County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Lower Marlboro | 0.00 | 0.00 | Chaneyville Road north | Western terminus | |
| Sunderland | 4.26 | 6.86 |  MD 4 (Southern Maryland Boulevard) to MD 2 (Solomons Island Road) – Prince Frederick, Upper Marlboro, Annapolis | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Auxiliary route
MD 262A is the designation of the 0.21-mile (0.34 km) section of Lower Marlboro Road that runs from a right-in/right-out interchange with northbound MD 4 east to MD 2. MD 262A provides access to All Saints' Church in the triangle of land formed by MD 2, MD 4, and MD 262A.[1][7]
See also
Maryland Roads portal
References
- 1 2 3 4 Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- Calvert County (PDF)
- ↑ Google (2011-01-26). "Maryland Route 262" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- 1 2 Mackall, John N.; Darnall, R. Bennett; Brown, W.W. (January 1927). Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1924–1926 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. pp. 38, 70. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1927). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1928). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
- ↑ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2003). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- Calvert County (PDF)
- ↑ Google (2011-01-26). "Maryland Route 262A" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-01-26.